Improvement in repeating or many-chambered fire-arms



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Revolver.

Patented April 5, 1888.

NJ'ETFJIS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. n C.

UNTTE STATES PATENT HENRY DANIELS AND CHAS. DANIELS, OF CHESTER,CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT lN REPEATING 0R MANY-CHAMBERED FIRE-ARMS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 677, dated April 5,1838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HENRY DANIELS and CHARLES DANIELS, of Chester, inthe county of Middlesex and State of Connecticut, have invented anImprovement in Repeating or Many-Cha-mbered Fire-Arms; and we do herebydeclare that the following is a full and exact description thereof.

Figure l in the accompanying drawings shows a perspective view of onegun and Fig. 2, a section thereof, showing the interior of the chamberedreceiver and otherparts connected therewith.

In both drawings the same letters of reference are used to designate thesame parts.

A A is the receiver, which is perforated, to contain the charges. Itwill he seen in Fig. 1 that this is made octagonal on its periphery,which form we prefer to that of a circle as being more secure andpresenting other advantages. It may, however, be made circular and stillhave the projecting rim around the chamber, which constitutes aprincipal part of our improvement.

B B are the chambers, which are to contain the load, and these chambershave each a projecting rim, a a, which may be made conical, there beingan excavation or recess at thehack end of the barrel, into which saidconical rim is to fit accurately. Instead of making the projecting rimconical, I sometimes make its outer edge rounding, thereby avoidingasharp edge and causing it to enter its proper recess the more smoothly.In order to cause the projecting rim to enter the recess provided for itat the back end of the barrel, it will be evident that the receiver mustbe made to rccede and advance as the respective chambers are made tocoincide with the bore of the gun, carbine, ritle, pistol, orotherfire-arm, and this we effect in the following way:

D is an axis, upon which the receiver rcvolves, which axle is made oval,or is otherwise so formed in that part of it which passes through thereceiver that by turning it round it shall operate as acam oreccentricand serve to force the rim of the chamber into the recess of the barreland confine it firmly there during the discharge.

E is a short lever, by the turning of which the axle is made to revolveand the receiver caused to advance or allowed to recede, as may berequired. This lever is attached by aneck or collarto the upperstock-strap, F, so that when this shaft is turned up to change thereceiver it need not be removed. The upper end of the axle, which issquared, passes into an opening in the neck of this lever.

A spiral, zigzag, or other spring, G, is inserted in the stock, as shownin the drawings, and bears against a plate of metal, which comes intocontact with the periphery of the receiver, bearing against it withsufficient force to hold it in its place, and yet allowiiigit to turnround smoothly.

The upper stock-strap, F, is hinged to the barrel, as shown in thedrawings, and wlienin place is held down by a turn-buckle, catch, orother similar contrivance.

The mode of affixingthe percussion-caps and of constructing the lock issimilar to that adopted in some other guns, and will be manifest uponinspecting the drawings.

What we claim as our invention, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The formation of the projecting rims around the mouth of thechambers, with the corresponding recesses at the back end of the barrel,as described.

2. The forming of the revolving axis which passes through the receiverin such a way as that it shall form the said iims into theircorresponding recesscs and hold them firmly there during the dischargeof the piece, to-

gether with the use and arrangement of spiral or other springs withinthe breech. HENRY DANIELS. 11.. S.] CHARLES DANIELS. [L. s]

Witnesses:

THADDEUS BEACH, AMZI P. PLANT.

